and known ever since as the Lewis Chessmen. Sixty-seven are in the British Museum. Eleven are owned by the National Museums of Scotland. Between them, these much-loved pieces take us into the ...

Found on Lewis in 1831, they are probably the most ... standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks. 11 of the chessmen are at the National Museums Scotland and the remaining 82 reside ...

Its previous owners had no idea that the object was one of the long-lost Lewis Chessmen. The chessmen were found buried in a sand dune on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 but the whereabouts of five ...

and known ever since as the Lewis Chessmen. Sixty-seven are in the British Museum. Eleven are owned by the National Museums of Scotland. Between them, these much-loved pieces take us into the ...